Martin Roehrig wrote:
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> Brian Collins schrieb:
>
> > When we placed our code under CVS, there were a number of files and directories
> > imported which we really didn't want. We don't ever want to be able to recover
> > them, so is it OK just to remove the offending directories directly from the
> > repository?
>
> I think so. However you should be careful that the files in question are not
> checked out by any CVS user as there would be invalid entries lying around in the
> CVS/Entries or CVS/Entries.log files of those users after the delete in the
> repository. And of course you should have a backup of your repository in case you
> accidently delete the wrong files :-).
>
> Best regards
> Martin
Deleting ,v-files directly from the repository works fine, I did it a
couple of times.
But before finally deleting a file, I use to move the to the attic
for a while (cvs remove) to become sure not to delete the wrong
files. this also helps to keep the CVS/entries files valid.
martin
